Whitey Bulger

America's Most Wanted Gangster And The Manhunt That Brought Him To Justice

Chronicles the criminal career of the gangster who provided a protection racket against drug lords, ran illegal gambling, robbed banks, and served as an informant for the FBI until going into hiding for sixteen years.This unforgettable narrative follows the astonishing career and epic manhunt for Whitey Bulger -- a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction.

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Pretty good read - - and explains much. The acting US Attorney in Boston when all this was going down was none other than Robert Mueller III, the same dude who was chief of the crime division at the DoJ during the George H.W. Bush administration, and successfully interdicted the investigation of any BCCI connections to the White House. So Mueller was in Boston when four men were wrongfully jailed for murders committed by Bulger and his bunch, and would later be exonerated and awarded $100 million by a federal court.
And this dude, Mueller, has been recently appointed the special prosecutor?!?!?!?
Mueller needs to be seriously investigated . . .

Reads like a novel. The FBI's role in aiding and abetting this serial murderer is a tale of shame that continues to unravel to this day. The FBI is trying to cast this as a case of "one bad apple," but the corruption extended not just to the agent linked to Bulger, but to the Boston bureau chief and others. Only by the FBI accepting - or being forced to accept - full responsibility, will there be any effective deterrent to further corruption. Powerful police agencies need to be accountable.

Steve Flemmi; (Bulger's companion and also a murderer) I knew him in grade school in Boston (Roxbury)
he was never a bully in my experience, but no one messed with Steve; I lost track of him after the 8th grade. He was very handsome, and the girls and teachers were mad about him.
He is one of those people that I
would not have expected to end up this way. He did me a favor once, saved me from getting beat up badly. I thought his name was Flemming, not Flemmi, but it's the same person.
John McWilliams